Dayanand Saraswati, born on 12 February 1824, was an
Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform
movement of the Vedic dharma. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as
"India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship prevalent in British India at
the time, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies. Subsequently, the
philosopher and President of India, S. Radhakrishnan called him one of the
"makers of Modern India", as did Sri Aurobindo.
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